shall be authorized to raise the said sum or sums of money by a mortgage on the said property, or by selling the said property, after notice given to the preacher in charge, or the Presiding Elder of the District, if the money due be not paid to the said trustees, or their successors, within one year after such notice has been given; and if such sale take place, the said trustees, or their successors, after paying the debt and other expenses which are due from the money arising from such sale, shall pay over the remainder of the money produced by the said sale to the steward, or stewards, of the circuit, station, or mission; which surplus of the produce of said sale shall be forwarded by the said steward, or stewards, to the Quarterly Conference within whose

bounds it is situated, at its next session; which said Quarterly Conference shall dispose of the said money, by a vote of the majority, for the use of the said circuit, station, or mission.

SECTION V.

ON CREATING LIENS UPON CHURCHPROPERTY.

No person or persons, or Board of Trustees, shall have authority to make or create any mortgage or other contract lien upon Churchproperty.

CHAPTER XII.

DEVISES AND GIFTS.

SECTION I.

OF DEVISES BY WILL OR DONATIONS.

All persons wishing to make donations or devise by will any thing for the Publishing House, the missionary work, an Annual Conference, or for the uses and purposes of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, are requested to adopt the following form of legal conveyance:

(1) Form of a Devise by Will. In the name of God-Amen. I [A. B.], being of sound mind and memory, do constitute this my last will and testament:

Item 1. I give and devise the

following [here describe the property] to "

-, Agent of the Publishing House of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South," and to his successors in office, and its use to be controlled by said Agent for the use and benefit of [here state the benevolent object or purpose to which you wish the Agent to apply your property], to be thus applied by said Agent, under the direction of the General Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South; making only such disposition of said property as the General Conference shall judge best calculated to promote the objects of this bequest, as herein stated.

I hereby appoint [insert the name or names] the executors of this my last will and testament. In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my

(2) Form of a Deed of Gift.

State of

County.

Know all men by these presents, that I [write name], for and in consideration of the love I bear for the cause of Christ, and from an earnest desire to promote his heritage on earth, do give and grant, and by these presents convey unto " Agent of the Publishing House of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South," and to his successors in office, for the use and benefit of [state the particular object for which the gift is made], to be applied by said Agent to the object herein stated,